mental age

men·tal age

M m

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [men-tl eyj]
- /ˈmɛn tl eɪdʒ/
- /ˈmentl eɪdʒ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [men-tl eyj]
- /ˈmɛn tl eɪdʒ/

Definitions of mental age words

noun mental age the level of native mental ability or capacity of an individual, usually as determined by an intelligence test, in relation to the chronological age of the average individual at this level: a ten-year-old child with the mental age of a twelve-year-old; a mental age of twelve. 1
noun mental age psychological capacity 1
countable noun mental age A person's mental age is the age which they are considered to have reached in their ability to think or reason. 0
noun mental age the mental ability of a child, expressed in years and based on a comparison of his test performance with the performance of children with a range of chronological ages 0
noun mental age an individual's degree of mental development measured in terms of the chronological age of the average individual of corresponding mental ability 0
noun mental age How old one appears to be based solely on mental ability and function. 0

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Origin of mental age

First appearance:

before 1910

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1910-15

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Parts of speech for Mental age

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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mental age popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for mental age

noun mental age

intelligence quotient — an intelligence test score that is obtained by dividing mental age, which reflects the age-graded level of performance as derived from population norms, by chronological age and multiplying by 100: a score of 100 thus indicates a performance at exactly the normal level for that age group. Abbreviation: IQ.
iq — intelligence quotient
ma — Gertrude ("Ma") 1886–1939, U.S. blues singer.

All 3 Synonyms of mental age